Trump DOL Names Contractor Watchdog Head as DEI Battles Grow (1)

The US Labor Department has appointed a Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney to lead its branch that polices federal contractors for anti-discrimination and affirmative action violations, a move that comes two months after President Donald Trump gutted much of the office’s core enforcement power.

Catherine Eschbach will serve as the director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the DOL announced Monday. Eschbach previously worked for six years in Morgan Lewis’s appellate group, where she focused on complex constitutional, statutory, and administrative law issues, the agency said.

Her appointment comes at a critical time for federal contractors as ...